Great for Entry Mid Level Folks to Learn Growing Industry - Senior Manager Mimecast Employee Review

3.0
May 19, 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

* Industry is not going away * Ability to learn and take full ownership * Autonomy if your role permits * The CEO is a good chap! * Flexibility (noting that prior to COVID-19 "work from home" was heavily frowned up) * 401K match * Medical\Dental\Vision Benefits - noting that Medical out-of-pocket cost/deductibles increasing YoY * Free lunch M-TH, cool but loud office space (probably irrelevant now with COVID-19) * Some good, genuine people you can grow with like at any company

Cons

* Mgmt emphasis on politics vs. support\ownership\action\ideation * Silos, poor communication between Teams, nepotism especially in EMEA * Recent external Director-level+ hires are from same companies leading to no new ideation and increase in politics (Q. How much was paid out in referral fees for these folks?) * Internal titles\promotions handed out selectively not based on merit; reshuffling of poor managers at VP and Director level * Annual review process is non-existant with raises (if you're lucky) based on favoritism * Redundant leadership roles in Finance, HR, and Product * When people leave there are no announcements, masking high employee turnover * SUGGESTION = With business travel suspended due to COVID, the FI Team should re-evaluate the "Leaders" with extensive prior travel expenses. I'm sure the ROI on them, not just their extensive travel, is questionable.

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Mimecast Response
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